Kiribati vs Nigeria: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Kiribati
0.6339 people per person
in 2025
Nigeria
0.6378 people per person
in 2025
Kiribati rank
114th
Nigeria rank
112th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Kiribati
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.6378 people per person against 0.6339 people per person in Kiribati, a difference of 0.0039 people per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kiribati ahead.
Kiribati ranks 114th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1993 people per person | 0.1683 people per person | 0.031 people per person | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 0.2766 people per person | 0.2338 people per person | 0.0429 people per person | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 0.3349 people per person | 0.309 people per person | 0.0259 people per person | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 0.3723 people per person | 0.3877 people per person | 0.0154 people per person | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.4425 people per person | 0.4711 people per person | 0.0285 people per person | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.514 people per person | 0.5532 people per person | 0.0392 people per person | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.61 people per person | 0.6177 people per person | 0.0077 people per person | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita, Kiribati or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.6378 people per person against 0.6339 people per person in Kiribati as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Kiribati and Nigeria?
- 0.0039 people per person, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Nigeria?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kiribati and Nigeria rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Kiribati ranks 114th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.